Monday, 25 June 2012
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7:30 am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30 am The Mediterranean City Consortium Welcome
Nancy L.C. Steele, D. Env., Executive Director, Council for Watershed Health
Los Angeles of the Future
Beth Jines, Director of Sustainability, City of Los Angeles
Building on the MEDECOS Theme
Felicia Federico, D. Env., Executive Director, UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science
8:50 am Opening Plenary Panel Discussion
The Mediterranean City: A Call to Action
Introduction
Michael R. Peevey, President, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
Panelists
Dan Rodrigo, Vice President, CDM Smith
Nancy L.C. Steele, Executive Director, Council for Watershed Health
Paul Bunje, Ph.D., Executive Director, UCLA Center for Climate Change Solutions; Managing Director, Los Angeles Collaborative for Climate Action
and Sustainability
Prudencio Perera, Former Director of the Environment for the European Commission
10:00 am Networking Break
10:30 am Concurrent Working Group Sessions
The Impacts of Climate Change
Consortium attendees will join one of the six topical working groups to discuss the shared impacts of a changing climate on their work group’s
sector. An effort will be made to present issues from across the five Mediterranean-climate regions.
Water
Michael D. Dettinger, Ph.D., Research Hydrologist, U.S., Geological Survey
Andrew Schwarz, P.E., Water Resources Engineer, California Department of Water Resources
Matthew Inman, Ph.D., Research Scientist, CSIRO
Energy
David Nahai,Partner, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, and President, David Nahai Consulting Services LLC
Paul Thomas, Director of Energy Efficiency Programs, GEI Consultants, Inc.
Katie Sloan, Manager, Regulatory & Legislative Affairs, Southern California Edison ·
Biodiversity & Open Space
Jon E. Keeley, Research Ecologist, USGS Western Ecological Research Center
John M. Randall, Ph.D. Director, Global Invasive Species Team, The Nature Conservancy
The Built Environment
Claire Bonham-Carter, LEED AP BD+C
Max A. Moritz, Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist, University of California, Berkeley
Abby Hall, Policy Analyst, US EPA Office of Sustainable Communities
Public Health
Jonathan E. Fielding, M.D., M.P.H., Director and Health Officer, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Elena Xoplaki, PhD, Research Professor, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany
Governance
Linda Gianelli Pratt, Chief Program Manager, Environmental Services Department, City of San Diego
Brian Holland, Climate Program Director, San Diego, Local Governments for Sustainability USA (ICLEI)
Eva Banos de Guisasola, Senior Scientific Manager, SERC division - Climate Services, Euro Mediterranean Center for Climate Change
12:00 pm Lunch
1:05 pm Concurrent Working Group Sessions
Adaptation Strategies
The working groups will begin to strategize on the development of climate change adaptation strategies for their working group sector, with careful
consideration for the integrated nature of the six different topics. An effort will be made to address issues that affect all the five Mediterranean-climate
regions.
Water
Lily N. Verdone, LA/Ventura Project Director, The Nature Conservancy
Celeste Cantú, General Manager, Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority
Robert J. Lempert, Ph.D., Director, Frederick S. Pardee Center for Longer Range Global Policy; Senior Scientist, RAND Corporation
Deven Upadhyay, Manager, Water Resource Management Group, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Energy
Max Gomberg, Climate Change Mitigation Strategist, California State Water Resources Control Board
Don Von Dollen, Program Manager, IntelliGrid, Power Delivery and Utilization, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Hon. Linda J. LeZotte, Chair, Board of Directors, Santa Clara Valley Water District
Biodiversity & Open Space
Stephanie Pincetl, Ph.D., Director, UCLA Center for Sustainable Urban Systems
Andy Lipkis, Founder and President, TreePeople
The Built Environment
J.R. DeShazo, Ph.D., Director, Luskin Center for Innovation, UCLA
Justin Luedy, Environmental Specialist, Port of Long Beach ·
Eduardo Torres Demesa, Chief, Plan Formulation Branch. Planning Division, Los Angeles District, US Army Corps of Engineers
Kelly Klima, Climate Adaptation Policy Advisor, Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP)
Mia Lehrer, FASLA, President, Mia Lehrer + Associates
Public Health
Alexander Gershunov, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist, Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Rupa Basu, PhD, MPH, Epidemiologist, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)-Air Pollution Epidemiology Section
Bryan Moy,MPH, Doctoral Student, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Governance
Michael McCormick, AICP, Senior Planner, State of California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
Nicola Hedge, MPIA, Manager, Climate Initiative, The San Diego Foundation
2:20 pm Networking Break
2:50 pm Concurrent Working Group Sessions
Adaptation Strategies Continued
The working groups will continue to strategize on the development of integrated adaptation strategies, keeping in mind the steps necessary to move
toward urban implementation.
Water
Celeste Cantú, General Manager, Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority
David Pargament, Director General, Yarqon River Authority
Dan Rodrigo, Vice President, CDM Smith
Energy
J. Ivor John,PhD, General Manager, LRQA Americas Sustainability, Inc.
Kurt Malchow, Climate Adaptation Coordinator, California Natural Resources Agency
Miriam Fischlein, Postdoctoral Scholar,UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Biodiversity & Open Space
H. Bradley Shaffer, Director, La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science, UCLA
Bongani Mnisi, Regional Manager: Biodiversity Management, City of Cape Town
The Built Environment
Walker Wells, Director, Green Urbanism Program, Global Green
Matthew Inman, Research Scientist, Urban Systems, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)
Public Health
Paula A. Daniels, Senior Advisor on Food Policy, Office of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Cristina Tirado, DVM, PhD, MPH, Director, Center for Public Health & Climate Change, Public Health Institute
Governance
Brendan Reed, Environmental Resource Manager, City of Chula Vista
Robert J. Lempert, Director, Frederick S. Pardee Center for Longer Range Global Policy; Senior Scientist, RAND Corporation
Adrienne I. Greve, Ph.D. Assistant Professor City & Regional, Planning Department California Polytechnic State University
4:30 pm VIP Networking Reception
8:30 am The Mediterranean City Consortium Welcome
Nancy L.C. Steele, D. Env., Executive Director, Council for Watershed Health
Los Angeles of the Future
Beth Jines, Director of Sustainability, City of Los Angeles
Building on the MEDECOS Theme
Felicia Federico, D. Env., Executive Director, UCLA La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science
8:50 am Opening Plenary Panel Discussion
The Mediterranean City: A Call to Action
Introduction
Michael R. Peevey, President, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
Panelists
Dan Rodrigo, Vice President, CDM Smith
Nancy L.C. Steele, Executive Director, Council for Watershed Health
Paul Bunje, Ph.D., Executive Director, UCLA Center for Climate Change Solutions; Managing Director, Los Angeles Collaborative for Climate Action
and Sustainability
Prudencio Perera, Former Director of the Environment for the European Commission
10:00 am Networking Break
10:30 am Concurrent Working Group Sessions
The Impacts of Climate Change
Consortium attendees will join one of the six topical working groups to discuss the shared impacts of a changing climate on their work group’s
sector. An effort will be made to present issues from across the five Mediterranean-climate regions.
Water
Michael D. Dettinger, Ph.D., Research Hydrologist, U.S., Geological Survey
Andrew Schwarz, P.E., Water Resources Engineer, California Department of Water Resources
Matthew Inman, Ph.D., Research Scientist, CSIRO
Energy
David Nahai,Partner, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, and President, David Nahai Consulting Services LLC
Paul Thomas, Director of Energy Efficiency Programs, GEI Consultants, Inc.
Katie Sloan, Manager, Regulatory & Legislative Affairs, Southern California Edison ·
Biodiversity & Open Space
Jon E. Keeley, Research Ecologist, USGS Western Ecological Research Center
John M. Randall, Ph.D. Director, Global Invasive Species Team, The Nature Conservancy
The Built Environment
Claire Bonham-Carter, LEED AP BD+C
Max A. Moritz, Associate Cooperative Extension Specialist, University of California, Berkeley
Abby Hall, Policy Analyst, US EPA Office of Sustainable Communities
Public Health
Jonathan E. Fielding, M.D., M.P.H., Director and Health Officer, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Elena Xoplaki, PhD, Research Professor, Justus-Liebig University Giessen, Germany
Governance
Linda Gianelli Pratt, Chief Program Manager, Environmental Services Department, City of San Diego
Brian Holland, Climate Program Director, San Diego, Local Governments for Sustainability USA (ICLEI)
Eva Banos de Guisasola, Senior Scientific Manager, SERC division - Climate Services, Euro Mediterranean Center for Climate Change
12:00 pm Lunch
1:05 pm Concurrent Working Group Sessions
Adaptation Strategies
The working groups will begin to strategize on the development of climate change adaptation strategies for their working group sector, with careful
consideration for the integrated nature of the six different topics. An effort will be made to address issues that affect all the five Mediterranean-climate
regions.
Water
Lily N. Verdone, LA/Ventura Project Director, The Nature Conservancy
Celeste Cantú, General Manager, Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority
Robert J. Lempert, Ph.D., Director, Frederick S. Pardee Center for Longer Range Global Policy; Senior Scientist, RAND Corporation
Deven Upadhyay, Manager, Water Resource Management Group, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Energy
Max Gomberg, Climate Change Mitigation Strategist, California State Water Resources Control Board
Don Von Dollen, Program Manager, IntelliGrid, Power Delivery and Utilization, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
Hon. Linda J. LeZotte, Chair, Board of Directors, Santa Clara Valley Water District
Biodiversity & Open Space
Stephanie Pincetl, Ph.D., Director, UCLA Center for Sustainable Urban Systems
Andy Lipkis, Founder and President, TreePeople
The Built Environment
J.R. DeShazo, Ph.D., Director, Luskin Center for Innovation, UCLA
Justin Luedy, Environmental Specialist, Port of Long Beach ·
Eduardo Torres Demesa, Chief, Plan Formulation Branch. Planning Division, Los Angeles District, US Army Corps of Engineers
Kelly Klima, Climate Adaptation Policy Advisor, Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP)
Mia Lehrer, FASLA, President, Mia Lehrer + Associates
Public Health
Alexander Gershunov, Ph.D., Associate Research Scientist, Scripps Institute of Oceanography
Rupa Basu, PhD, MPH, Epidemiologist, Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA)-Air Pollution Epidemiology Section
Bryan Moy,MPH, Doctoral Student, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Governance
Michael McCormick, AICP, Senior Planner, State of California Governor’s Office of Planning and Research
Nicola Hedge, MPIA, Manager, Climate Initiative, The San Diego Foundation
2:20 pm Networking Break
2:50 pm Concurrent Working Group Sessions
Adaptation Strategies Continued
The working groups will continue to strategize on the development of integrated adaptation strategies, keeping in mind the steps necessary to move
toward urban implementation.
Water
Celeste Cantú, General Manager, Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority
David Pargament, Director General, Yarqon River Authority
Dan Rodrigo, Vice President, CDM Smith
Energy
J. Ivor John,PhD, General Manager, LRQA Americas Sustainability, Inc.
Kurt Malchow, Climate Adaptation Coordinator, California Natural Resources Agency
Miriam Fischlein, Postdoctoral Scholar,UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability
Biodiversity & Open Space
H. Bradley Shaffer, Director, La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science, UCLA
Bongani Mnisi, Regional Manager: Biodiversity Management, City of Cape Town
The Built Environment
Walker Wells, Director, Green Urbanism Program, Global Green
Matthew Inman, Research Scientist, Urban Systems, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO)
Public Health
Paula A. Daniels, Senior Advisor on Food Policy, Office of Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa
Cristina Tirado, DVM, PhD, MPH, Director, Center for Public Health & Climate Change, Public Health Institute
Governance
Brendan Reed, Environmental Resource Manager, City of Chula Vista
Robert J. Lempert, Director, Frederick S. Pardee Center for Longer Range Global Policy; Senior Scientist, RAND Corporation
Adrienne I. Greve, Ph.D. Assistant Professor City & Regional, Planning Department California Polytechnic State University
4:30 pm VIP Networking Reception
